Folding camp-stool



(No Model.)

A. H. HILL.

FOLDING CAMP STOOL. No. 317,785. I Patented May 12, 1885.

By Ms Afforney N. PETERS. PhotO-Ulhognph-r. Washillglun. 0.1;

[ NIIFD L 'ra'rns ALEXANDER H. HILL, OF 'OSKALOOSA, IOWVA.

FOLDING CAMP-STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,785, dated May 12, 1885, Application filed December 15, I884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER H. HILL, of Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding GampStools; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of my improved camp-stool. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same. Fig. 8 is ahorizontal section through line x 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the joint-box, and its plugs detached. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view in detail of the upper end of one of the folding legs having a portion of one of the seatstraps fastened to it. Fig. 6 shows the stool folded.

This invention relates to improvements on folding camp-stools, which improvements consist, first, in the employment of a rectangular box,to which the legs are connected by headed pivots passed from within outward through the sides of said box and throughthe legs, and secured by washers and rivet fastenings; second, in novel means of applying the curved seat-straps and the flexible seat to the folding legs, as will be fully understood from the following description,when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

A A designate the fourjointed or foldinglegs, which are preferably made of 'wood and constructed with their upper ends double-beveled, as indicated at a a, for a purpose hereinafter described.

B designates a rectangular box, which is made of wrought or cast metal, with both ends open. The sides of this pivot-box are slightly wider than the width of the legs A, as shown in Fig. 6, and the length of the box is such as will afford substantial bearings for the legs when extended.

In practice the ends of the box 13 may be closed by ornamented wooden plugs Z) b. The four legs are attached to the box B by means of headed pivots c, which are passed through ers a on the projecting ends of the pivot-s and rivet the ends thereof, thereby securely but pivotally connecting the legs to the hollow hearing or box B. I employ this hollow bearing or box for securing lightness and great strength and avoiding the possibility of the seat breaking down in consequence of the bearing-block (if made of wood) splitting.

O O designate the seatstraps, which are preferably made of leather, and which are crossed in the usual well-known manner. The ends of these seat-straps are securely nailed to the outer beveled surfaces of a at the upper ends of the legs A, and drawn over the angles formed by the two bevels a a, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. By this means much of the strain on the ends of the straps where they are nailed to the legs will be relieved by the said angles,

and the upper ends, a, of the legs when unfolded will be in horizontal planes.

D designates the scat proper, which is made of canvas or other suitable material secured to the ends a or the legs by nails. I make the seat D a trifle larger than the superficial area of the top of the stool when unfolded, so that when the seat-strips are drawn tight the seat proper will be 'more or less slack, and will greatly relieve the said strips from strain when a person is upon the stool.

When the stool is folded, as shown in Fig. 6, the legs lie in planes parallel to each other, and occupy a very compact space.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a camp-stool, a metal box open at both ends and provided with holes by means of which the legs of the stool are pivoted thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. In a camp-stool, a metal box square in cross-section and provided with holes by means of which the legs are individually pivoted thereto, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, in a camp-stool, of the hollow box B, legs A, each of said legs being secured to the box by separate pivots, and In testimony thatIclaim theforegoing as my seat-straps 0, all substantially as and for the own I affix my signature in presence of two purpose set forth. witnesses.

4. In a camp-stool, the rectangular box B, 5 legs A, headed pivots c, straps 0, seat D, and

by locks 12, all constructed and combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALEXANDER H. HILL.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. THOMPSON, W. R. WEAVER. 

